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plants, as soon as they have done flowering, should be planted out in 

 rich soil until they throw out shoots round the neck of the plants. A 

 sufficient number of these should be slipped off with a heel, and potted 

 up singly, plunged and shaded till they are rooted, after which they 

 may be subjected to much about the same treatment as described 

 above for seedlings. They never make such strong robust plants as 

 those raised from seed, and consequently will not as a rule require so 

 much pot-room. In the majority of cases, 6-inch pots will be quite large 

 enough to flower them in. There should always in any case be a pro- 

 portion of plants allowed to flower in 4- or 5-inch pots. These come 

 in very handy sometimes for filling vases, or room decoration, where 

 larger pots are not suitable ; and we have seen wonderfully fine heads 

 of bloom produced from pots of this size. There is one fact worth 

 remembering in regard to Cinerarias raised from seed, and the same 

 may apply to other subjects as well, and that is, that it is generally the 

 self-coloured flowers which vegetate first and grow strongest in the 

 seed-pan ; therefore one should not be in a hurry in throwing away the 

 remainder after pricking out a lot, but also take some of the later- 

 brairded seeds. This has never been more forcibly brought before us 

 than this year, when, out of a large number of plants grown, almost 

 without exception they turned out self-coloured flowers, though many 

 varieties in shades of colour. The seed was saved by ourselves, and 

 all from parti-coloured flowers ; the reason being that we took the 

 first of the seedlings ourselves, and a party who got some of the later 

 plants had a large proportion of fancy flowers. 



J. G. W. 



KALOSANTHES COCCINEA. 



It is somewhat remarkable that, during the long period of time that 

 has elapsed since the introduction of this plant, it should have 

 received comparatively little attention from cultivators. A strong 

 proof of this statement may be adduced from the fact that it 

 has seldom been exhibited in a condition evincing either art or care 

 in its culture. It would therefore appear that many are content to 

 follow the old method of allowing it to assume its natural straggling 

 habit, being satisfied with the splendour and fragrance of a few heads 

 of flower as an apology for its long contorted legs. But this is a 

 defect in its treatment as palpably inconsistent with the beauty of 

 the plant as intolerable in the present improved and advanced state 

 of horticulture. Under such a system of culture it can only be 

 appreciated while it is in flower, and must, both before and after, be 

 assigned to a secluded position, on account of its meagre and unsightly 

 appearance. I may here state that it is not vague opinion but 

 practical operation I wish to agitate, my remarks being deduced 



